The laptop and the lecture: The effects of multitasking in learning environments

By Helene Hembrooke, Geri Gay. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2003

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Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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Examining the Affects of Student Multitasking with Laptops During the Lecture (2010, background): “Hembrooke and Gay (2003) examined the impacts of multitasking on learning and determined that student Web browsing during lectures led to a whole letter grade decrement (10”
The iPhone Effect (2016, background): “Experiments and field studies on the impacts of multitasking on cognitive abilities have found that divided attention limits information acquisition (Rockwell & Singleton, 2007) and leads to poorer retention and learning (Hembrooke & Gay, 2003; Poldrack & Foerde, 2008).”
Digital natives: where is the evidence? (2010, background): “Multi-tasking may have a negative impact on learning due to cognitive overload (Hembrooke & Gay, 2003).”
On the Use of Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devices in the Classroom: Evidence From a Survey of Faculty and Students (2012, background): “Hembrooke and Gay (2003) focused solely on the effects of multitasking using laptops, and also concluded that laptop use decreases learning in the college classroom.”
Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018, background): “In a study by Hembrooke and Gay (2003), laptop use during lecture resulted in significantly lower recall and recognition test scores.”
Dial D for Distraction: The Making and Breaking of Cell Phone Policies in the College Classroom (2015, methodology): “…students may not consider checking their phone multiple times during one class session as an addiction, multitasking of this type has been demonstrated to affect learning and information retention (Ellis et al. 2010; Fried 2008; Fox et al. 2009; Hembrooke and Gay 2003; Kraushaar and Novak 2010).”
Age Differences in Media Multitasking: A Diary Study (2013, background): “This debate focuses on a range of effects: Media multitasking may hamper learning performance, cause stress, limit enjoyment of media, and cause information overload (e.g., Hembrooke & Gay, 2003; Jeong & Fishbein, 2007).”
The multi‐tasking paradox: perceptions, problems and strategies (2008, unknown): “Tests results indicate that students permitted to use laptop computers " . . . suffered decrements on traditional measures of memory for the lecture content . . . " (Hembrooke and Gay, 2003).”